Goodbye to Miss Em

I have sold Miss Em and will be delivering her to her new home in San Francisco today..Goodbye you will be missed..

Magazine Love....

It hasnt stopped raining here for 2 days....BLAH!!!
So I caught up on some magazine reading..I just love Living Etc. which I have always thought of as a close version of our Domino(which is sadly no more)For some reason the English magazine market has not been as hard hit as ours,and many of the mags are still around..But thats a good thing as we can enjoy them too even if we are across the pond as they say...
Here are some great pics from http://www.livingetc.com/

I love.......

Im loving these outfits.....

They have a bit of a 70's feel to them...

Please meet Miss Em...

I just finished Miss Em today and I am very happy with the way she turned out.....Now whether to sell her on Etsy or Craigslist..Im not to sure on the shipping and how that all works..Something to deffinately put on my to do list...So im thinking craigslist..What do you think..

I didnt like the orginal handles so I filled the holes with woodfiller and then sanded it all down..Then I put on two coats of the blue and sanded down where you might get some wear and tear, added new handles...then to finish off a coat of wax to protect it all........

Have a great day!!!!!!!!

Happy Valentines!!!!!

Today has started off wonderful...I slept in then my hubby came home from work for  10 minutes and brought me flowers and see,s candy(yummy)And tonite he is cooking me dinner..its a surprise but I do know that it is all organic....Si it's already sounding good....I hope you lovelies all have a wonderful day today and get spoiled....


Ok onto thrift monday..I must admit I am really having a hard time here in San francisco...The thrift stores and estae sales are so expensive, I am thinking I will have to venture further a field..
But we did find an estate sale yesterday on our way home...It was a lovely home up in the Sunset District..And yes I asked was it for rent..Why yes she said for 3500.00 a month..(GULP)So, that was that..But this is what I did get....

A hand knitted blanket and a patchwork quilt..both in great condition..they wanted 30.00 for both but I managed to get them for 20.00

And this cute little book we got for free as my hubby helped the two ladies move a piece of furniture...its not in great condition but I love the dedication inside the cover..If you cant read it..It says From your Admirer..I thought that was perfect as it was Valentines weekend.....

Sneak preview..

I thought I would show you a sneak preview of this new beauty I am working on....Im hoping to have it finished this weekend...

Its going to beautiful here in San Fran this weekend, and then rain starting on Monday...So hubby and I will be making the most of it....I hope you lovelies have a wonderful weekend and get to do fun things with the people you love....

loving this.....

   Somedays I just feel like I just need to take a deep breath and relax...

and these pictures make me do that...Well really they make me sigh deeply which I guess has the same effect..lol.

I hope you can find sometime to relax and breathe..

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Thrift Monday

I was really busy last week getting ready to do Alemeda Flea Market, so thrifting did not happen....But I thought I would share with you pics of my guestroom and go thru how frugal you can be when decorating a room..
While growing up we never had a lot of money.. (Well actually I've never had a lot of money!!!!)So my mum was always a thrifting shopper and that passed on down to me...
Now dont think that you have to like the way I decorate but you can see how cheaply it can be done and do it to your own style....

 The room has to windowns that look out to a nasty wall and the owners had put up these platic blinds..So I found this great vintage fabric for $5 (there was tons of it)Now im not at sewing but I can run up the basic curtain.they took me about 45 minutes to do plus I made a pillow to match..The bed was given to us by my aunt..the quilt cover is from Elm but we had friends that worked there so they used there discount and it was on sale..originally 100.00 and we got it for 40.00..The throw on the bed was from goodwill 5.00

The picture I made..Old frame 2.00 and then I repainted over the picture that was in it..I typed out the words then took it to staples to enlarge $1.45 and then cut out the stencil.The guitar is my sons we bought it for him last xmas from a swapmeet $40.00

This table my son made in woodworking class when he was in highschool. The candle sticks were my mums that she got second hand..The pictures above the table are old shoehorns and silver serving utensils that were my grandparents..I bought the frames from Micheals with a couppon of course and painted them..The dress I found at an Estate sale for $24.00 its beautiful..Hubby and I are renewing our vows this year and this is what I am wearing..



Ok both the desk and chair were $2.00 each..YEY me..I painted the desk my favorite color... and all the bits on the table were thrift store finds, the books were my mum's..The mirror I got in england for 5.00 and the lamp was from target on sale for $10.00
 
So there you have it... for around $100.00 you can decorate a room....I hope you all feel inspired to decorate beautiful rooms and be frugal at the same time...send me pics of your beautiful cheap room and I will post them on my blog...www